Graham Cowdrey

Graham Cowdrey
Personal information
Full name Graham Robert Cowdrey
Born (1964-06-27) 27 June 1964
Farnborough, Kent
Nickname Van
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right-arm medium pace
Relations Colin Cowdrey (father)
Chris Cowdrey (brother)
Fabian Cowdrey (nephew)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1984 to 1998 Kent
Career statistics
Competition FC List A
Matches 179 261
Runs scored 8858 5142
Batting average 34.73 26.10
100s/50s 17/46 3/24
Top score 147 105 not out
Balls bowled 1206 1279
Wickets 12 35
Bowling average 72.66 26.28
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 n/a
Best bowling 1/5 4/15
Catches/stumpings 97/0 80/0
Source: Cricinfo, 7 June 2016

Graham Robert Cowdrey (born 27 June 1964) is a former English cricketer.

He is the third son of the cricketer Colin Cowdrey and his first wife Penny Chiesman. He was born in Farnborough in 1964 and educated at Wellesley House and Tonbridge. He represented Kent as an attacking batsman in first-class and List A cricket from 1984 to 1998.

Cowdrey is married to Maxine, a racehorse trainer and former jockey. They have two sons, Michael and Alexander, and a daughter, Penelope. His nickname of "Van" came from Van Morrison, his favourite musician.[1]

Cowdrey is a qualified cricket coach and works as a Cricket Liaison Officer for the England and Wales Cricket Board.[2]

References

  1. The Cricketers' Who's Who
  2. Johnson, Rob. "Steve Davis takes on Cricket Liaison Officer role". ECB. Retrieved 22 August 2016.

External links

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